THE
PERFECT CANDIDATE SPECIAL EDITION FEATURING THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF DEADLY XMAS
AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
October
23, 2012 (Northbrook, IL) - With a mere two weeks to go until the nation
decides who will lead us for the next four years, Dave Campfield's Fourth
Horizon Cinema and Sean Steffen's Bat Country Films come together to bring you
"The Perfect Candidate," a new short political satire about two B
movie actors (Joe Estevez and Robert Z'Dar) chosen by an unscrupulous would be
campaign manager (Ken MacFarlane) to run on their party's ticket for President
of the United States.
In
the vein of recent TV hits "Extras" and "Curb Your
Enthusiasm," "The Perfect Candidate" pokes fun at both the
American political system, and Hollywood's larger than life personas, including
the concept of the career celebrity. Joe Estevez and Robert Z'Dar, known for
their roles in a multitude of low budget films dating back the last three
decades, play their personas for laughs as down on their luck actors trying to
make a buck any way they can when Joe's wild video rant about how messed up the
system is goes viral and soon captures the attention of the N.E.W. party.
Screenwriter
and creator Joe Randazzo cites the work of contemporary comedians Ricky Gervais
and Larry David, as well as Charlie Chaplin, and Laurel & Hardy as his
influences. "When I approached Joe Estevez about playing the part, I
wanted immediately to go the route of shows like Extras, Life's Too Short, and
Curb Your Enthusiam, in which we get celebrities to play themselves in a way
that pokes fun at their personas and Hollywood at large, while still keeping
the pathos that was so indelibly linked with Chaplin, and the buddy comedy feel
of a Laurel & Hardy short, and I felt the 2012 Presidential campaign was
the perfect backdrop for this type of parody."
"With
the structure of the political system, money and power has more influence than
common sense and facts, countries can be bought and sold by corporations, and
people can't see the truth even right in front of their own eyes, and the
character Jerry Gainer is a perfect representation of the sleazy political
advisor that would exploit the loopholes in the system," says co-creator
and co-producer Sean Steffen.
The
film is directed by Dave Campfield, an established filmmaker with 3 feature
length films under his belt, two of which, Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp
Massacre and Caesar and Otto's Deadly XMas, are parodies of the horror genre.
In fact Deadly XMas has had a successful run, recently finishing second place
at Elvira's Horror Hunt, the new competition by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
and Peaches Christ, partnered with Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo. The first ten
minutes of that film, which features an all-star cast of B movie legends
including Linnea Quigley, Felissa Rose, and Brinke Stevens, are included in the
special edition download.
Also
rounding out the release is Campfield and Randazzo's previous short
"Caesar and Otto meet Dracula's Lawyer,"`featuring Troma honcho and
Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman as Judge Stoker Browning, who is presiding
over the wrongful death case of Steven A. Dracula (Ed Dennehy).
The
Special Edition of The Perfect Candidate, along with Dracula's Lawyer and the
first 10 minutes of Deadly XMas, is available for only $4.99.
Visit www.facebook.com/ThePerfectCandidate
for more information.
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